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Appetite and Food Intake: Central Control, Second Edition contains all new chapters and serves as a companion to the first by reviewing current knowledge on neuroendocrine mechanisms that influence food intake and glucose metabolism, including environmental influences on their development, with an emphasis on recent progr
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Appetite control in C. elegans. Central and peripheral regulation of appetite and food intake in Drosophila. The hamster as a model for human ingestive behavior. Beyond homeostasis: Understanding the impact of sychosocial factors on appetite using nonhuman primate models. Untangling appetite circuits with optogenetics and chemogenetics. The use of functional MRI in the study of appetite and obesity. Development of hypothalamic circuits that control food intake and energy balance. Maternal and epigenetic factors that influence food intake and energy balance in offspring. Monitoring and maintenance of brain glucose supply: importance of hindbrain catecholamine neurons in this multifaceted task. Hindbrain astrocyte glucodetectors and counter-regulation. Vagal afferent signaling and the integration of direct and indirect controls of food intake. Energy metabolism and appetite control: Separate roles for fat-free mass and fat mass in the control of food intake in humans. Pharmacotherapy for weight loss..
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Ruth Harris
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Appetite and Food Intake: Central Control, Second Edition contains all new chapters and serves as a companion to the first by reviewing current knowledge on neuroendocrine mechanisms that influence food intake and glucose metabolism, including environmental influences on their development, with an emphasis on recent progr
